City safety & data profile

AvonIN

Avon, IN is a 16K-resident city in Hendricks County with a median household income of $98,486.

Hendricks County, Indiana. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Avon, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Avon has a population larger than 33% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $323,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 34%
By size
$98,486
Median income (place)
$323,800
Median home (place)
5.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Avon

Avon posts a median household income higher than 68% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Avon area.

Top 32%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Avon

Where Avon income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$98,486 Top 32% higher than 68% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Avon $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IN

Population among 79 IN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Indianapolis is the largest IN city on this list; Zionsville leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IN

Median household income among the same 79-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Zionsville posts the highest place-level median income in IN; Indianapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Avon, IN beyond the headline numbers

Avon sits inside Hendricks County, Indiana, at roughly 39.76°N, -86.40°W. Population 16,451, $98,486 median household income. Median home value $323,800, median rent $1,538. Poverty rate 5.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Avon, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.7% of Avon, IN residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Avon costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

15.6% of Avon workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 2.7% in Avon, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Avon workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Avon from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
16,451
Avon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$98,486
+10% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$323,800
-22% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hendricks County): Avon's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
183K+23%
Median Income
$101,144+48%
Median Home Value
$307,600+92%
Poverty Rate
5.3%+6%
Unemployment
2.6%-57%

Economics

Economics indicators for Avon, IN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,538/mo
Poverty Rate
5.7% -54% vs avg
Unemployment 2.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 40%
Work From Home 15.6%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 69.6%
African American 14.1%
Asian 4.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.5%
Obesity
35.9%
High Blood Pressure
34.2%
Physical Inactivity
20%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.7%
Current Smoking
12.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.7%
Current Asthma
10.8%
Diabetes
10.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.1%
Annual Checkup 79%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
6.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.2%
Stroke
2.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
IU HEALTH WEST HOSPITAL
AVON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Avon?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Avon right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet IN-AVON-IN · Avon

Avon: 4 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Avon

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Avon.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Avon; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Indiana state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Avon, IN?
Avon, IN has a population of 16,451 people, located in Hendricks County, Indiana.
What is the median household income in Avon?
The median household income in Avon, IN is $98,486 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.7%.
What is the median home value in Avon?
The median home value in Avon, IN is $323,800. Median rent is $1,538/month.
What are the top health concerns in Avon?
The top health indicators in Avon include Short Sleep Duration (38.5%), Obesity (35.9%), High Blood Pressure (34.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Avon?
Avon has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Avon?
The median age in Avon, IN is 37.4 years. 40% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Avon, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IN (5.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IN ($98,486 here).

Compare Avon with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Avon's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Avon area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Avon against Indiana peers on any ranking lens. Explore Indiana

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Hendricks County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.